EEX 6759 Transition Planning & Interdisciplinary Teaming for Students with Disabilities Lecture Notes


June 4th, 2011

Transition Assessments: Should Address Three Areas
1. Employment
2. Education/Training
3. Independent

Goals of Transition Assessment:
1. Make informed choices
2. Take charge of the transition process
3. Understand Skills Specifically Needed for post school environments

Types of Transition Assessments: use both

Formal- to learn a wide variety of skill levels in various areas (ie. vocational)
Examples:
1. Learning styles inventories
2. Academic achievement tests (Woodcock Johnson)
3. Adaptive behavior scales (Vineland)
4. Aptitude tests (Differential Aptitude)

Informal-
  • observe student in various academic and work experiences
  • likes/dislikes
  • setting up experiences to try something new
Examples:
1. Observation
2. Interviews/Questionnaire
3. Environ. Analysis
4. Curriculum based assessments




Examples of Assessment:

TTAP Assessment (lower)

TPI Assessment (higher functioning)